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Vi-V-' " I ' I. ,T? f 1 i t- I ' Their Breastvorks---Spaniards Retreat Upon the 1 : City Their Last Trenches Attacked Yester- I4 A day Wonderful I, i ; '. - x V, '! ' hi i (Copyright by Associated Press.) rpffjT Santiago ,'de"! Cuba,i July 1, via Klngstoit, 5:. July 2, Qr'eu rn. Before 5 t?t.lock this morning the; crew of. i - the J flagship, were astir, eating a hur . rie4 , breakfast! anil at 5:50 To'clock ' .",,gehlrariuarteTs: was 'unddj and th ('flagship: headed in tpy aralf Aguarj 4-t3 or es, about three! railes- eat! of Mo'rf o : I , If L .. :. ' i ' - i -1 ' . A i :'. I llftoifkaiAs' rotations.. h AlohJ t-h. feurf rr ibeaHn shore the;smoke'; of ' an ap- jtio'ehihg'. itriih I from J Altares was ieen. It Lwas Composed !o bgen cars if. General . Duffieldl's f troops. At cut, a mile east olf Afeuatlores," the nj stopped and the Cuban scouts -rilproeedefr-Tal6n5 the ratrroad-ij- track The .troops got; out ; df .the . cars and ooit formed, in a long, thin line stano ing'. mt ( vividly?- against?'the ! yellow . xocksj that rose perpendicularly above, i -shutting them off 1 from the!; mam , body , of the army, wlilch; is" on; the east side of, thie hill, several- tniles, north.. SIGNALS -BETWEEN FLEET AND ' ' 'A T)HfV V : 1 ! From the quarteiof . there Was a signal tliej1 flagship a vigorously - -wig-wagged letter, and a; few minutes - laterj from a clump of green at the water's edge came an answer from - :the army. This vas: the first cO-opera-'tion for offensive purposes between a the tairniy and the. navy. Witht the flag In his- hand the .' soldier ashore1 looked like; i butterfly. AvA:--: . - -I ;. '' I - '"Are you' waiting f orv us to begin?" ':--Wajth?s.siEnal-hiade",:-"y I Hear Ad TOiral! iSampson tot the army, j- l ; !"Gejnerat! puffield-is aheaJd with the tscouti," came the answer irbm the .shore' to tie flagship. - ' "'By thls time : it was 7 o'clock and ; the I admiral ran I the ' flagship's Vbow .'.i-within three-quarters of a mile of the ! tean. riie- remaineu. pusi as near Touring the forenoon arid Ihe daring way 1 she was nana lea: j, dt Captain -Chaidwick 1 Within sound of the breakT ,ers ' made fthe Cuban -pilot on board stare with astonishment The Suwanee was in company with the flagship, stiir. closer in shore-, and the j Gloucester was 'to the, w estward, near ( Morro castle-: From the south -ward the' Newark ! came up : and took -a, position to the westward. Her decks .werer black - with 1,600 or mor4 1 troops. She j went along r side: ,of the I flagship andj was .'told : to disembark '.the troops rat Aitares4 ' 'U'M 'vl . ''i:-A : ; Thn ! Admiral! Sampsori signaled . to ilGepferal iDUffield: rVidien dV you -vrant us td commence firing?" : C' In; a little while a white flag, on ' shore sent bade the answer: s'TWhen -the Mest of :thewLcomtnand arHvesfJThen ,1 .wdlignaloxuT! : . . r,, ' It i was a long and tedious wait for thfe j ihips-beforf he second ififty-eali loads of troops came puffing along ; By U:30 -o'clock thel last ''of the tso! diersl had left the open railroad. ;. tracks, disappearing ; in 'the thiek . t' "brush that covered the eastern side ?-of Aguadores inlet. The .water in the teponge tubs , . under the breeches, of ; the big, guns was growing hot. in the Durning sun. A snore tnere was .mo 'Sign I of jthe-' enemy. H They were . be- "iieved tp be on ! the western bluff. r Between the bruffs 1 runs fi a rocky gullyi' leading into! Santiago (city. I On: the extremity of the western arm was - ran fld casteHated tort -u from which the Spanish flag was flying and on the -parapet on the eaeterri "Kill command ing 'the gully,, two stretches' of red- 0 arth could'eaisily he keen against th -brush. ? These were the rifle j pits. v t.'l j -; THE j FLEET ' BEGINS FIRING. 1 a - Atijw:15 oclock;a signal flgljashore Your Eye on this space and 'see Iwliat otlieiS! will teli you Aetna. V 1-lMrV Ma -Ml Wescott writes". . i Wtimington N. C. 2, .R..EJ Ward; Esq - Dear JSIr: I have been troabled vith Indlgestkyi and a' Kidney j laffedibn which -1 have ir short Used Aetita Iithia: Water for a fwhiler And; fiod great ireSief. It has proved helping t me. I hopue tb ersyho are ' su ff erl ng with ; Mmilaif and get to me. froubae try the ' water eiieh Try results as have v'ocae - - I I- i -i R. M. WESCSOTT, 11 South Fourth SCreet. Don't forget that ; we, are es tablishvd at!"Wl II. Green's Pharmacy, nd that we are . ready to serve i you all the time at 25 cents per gallon for Dure Aetna iLithia water from, Virginia Mineral Upringl Company, . Roanoke,. .Virginia, - h fuUL the ira! Soldiers on . the -xrVi !!M::- H -. f'-M. J; K.tri fl I r! A AAA IT !fi: Artillery and .Wdrshifs Enfiaged" U ith Spanish Shot ; jand Shell Of .i 1 Marksmanship 7 .i; wife-wagged to Admiral Sampson tf, Commence liring, ; and a iamute later the New fork's gns b,lazed aVay at the .riflei: p;its!and j4i kf. Vildi fort. l . The Suwanee and rjie Gloucester .Joined in the echoes, (which 'xumblea arojund and filled the fgully. All :the stored up ttiundetp? the Icilouds ,seetfi ed to have s brokerij loose, and-;Hmoki' soon rose over the jfiills and 'the guLlf jwafe shut out from view. Then ,th firing .becanie mbrjft djefliberate. THE, lNArTflJfvY AT. WUJiK. 1 vcif our itrooDS ashord in the brusfi .notfiina- icriiild be seettibut th6 "Ding, "pii of khe' smailfarisfbf fthe atnyi floated out to sea! I during the pcca sioiial lult 'ift th ffirihg of the big gUn;3 whiih ' peppfefed jthd rifle pit until clbuidsHxi'f red eath rose above them. : ; l i Leveling spanisii foiits; 1 1 Ah 8 -h h shell jf roibi .the .Newarif cropped; in the massive (bid fort, an t clouds Of Kvhite dus-jt and huge stone? snall hell fitted the air.,- When th- hit its tattlements,;. almost hidden by green creepers,- fragments of - masonry shot from canie turriblihff down. A thel Suwaheel hit jthe eastern, arape and it crumbled away like amamm exposed! to the air afer lorfeyears Amid the smoke and debris hej flagf staff ws .seen to fall forward, "Thf flag has! been shot down,' shouted th ship's crew; but .when, the 'smpk ' cleajred j : dway j the I emblem jof . jSpai wasi. sedn to be still flying apid blazl ing brilliahtly in 1 the sun, though ...the flagstaff ; jwas' bending m toward th earth- Apparently i the flagstaff had been caught ! firmly inj the wreckage of the fort. i .; I FINE SHOTS BY .THE SUWANEE -I few more shots leve, ed the bat tlements Until the 1 old, castle was a pitiful sight. IWh'en the firing ceased ( Lieutenant jDeinamy, or- tn &uwane was anciobs to finish hisjworkV so h signalled to : the I New York asking permission toj knbek dowti' the Span "Yes.fi replied Admiral Sampsan,vr;j you I ca.ii dd it ( in jthree shots."i T f Suwanee then lay ! about 1,600 yard! i frnrr th old fort; She: took her timefi eutenant;Bluel carefullyj aimed thi I 4-inch gun and the crew's or an me shins .Watched the incident amid in- tense A excitement, j r "Wheri the . smoke of the Suwane's.tfi'rst J shot cleared away, 'only twi red streamefs of the flag! were heft: The shells had, gone through! the -centre ! of jthe bunting.-A delighted !1 yell i broke from the crew of the ! Suwanee. Two or I three minutes Af huge later the Suwanee fired aiain cloujd of debris rose from thel flagstaff. For! a few the base of seconds -it -was impossible to! tell vhat' had been the effect I of i the if Shot.i ; Then it was seen thekshell had only, added to the ruin of the fort.: ! ri - ; :!! ; -i ; The flagstaff : ' seemed to have ! a dhatmed! existencej feand- the I Suwanee hadi only 6ne! chance left It seemed hardly possible ;foi her j to; achieve her obieet with tbe Dig gun at sucn a 'distance and sucha tihv i target. ) -There p&s breathless! silence among the watching crews." They crowded on shipsf flecks and all eyes ' were" oh t:he that tattfered rag,! bending toward the nrfrh fwini the ton : of Iwhat once-had been a grirtd old: castle, i But it f was orilylbendihg, Inotyet down, j Lieutenf ant VOmnijiinuer i;emauty: auu : wcu? tenant Blue took their time, j ,The Sti wahee- cliangeid heri pofeiton slightyf Then' a riuSff df smoke! Ssho't out from Tieit side, hd up vvfettt a spouting cloud or weorisfirom tne; parapet ana uwn fell ithe Mnner of . Spaln . ;! tl 'i- I Such lyljsii from the flagshtp1 ':rin -probably jiriever be heard again. Tnere was more excitement than it - witness ed fat the finish of k college boat race or a popular, race (between first-class thorough-breds ,- oh some big: track. "The Suwknee's last shot I had 1 struck right at the base j of the flagstaff , and had. bio WW itl, cleafi of J.-t-he wi done," ! signaled Admiral Sampson "TA t Yi d Ti f to "Lieutnant Commander r A-t 11 :30r o'clock Gfeneral puffield sig- dialed ; that Shis scoutfe reported 1 that; no damage had been done to. the Span ish nne pits py, tne shells fromthe ships, fari4 lAdmiral Sampson told him iney uaa i cieen nil iseverai times,. : put there was jno-jone in the pitsJ How- ever, 'the Suwaneej was 'ordered to fire a few mere shots hlj their . direction. SHELLS INTO SANTI if, -3 lAtlSflS ioT clock p-Iwh! I n. ! the New York. naying;;; aisoontinued rrmg at Agui dores, commenced I firing 8-inch shells clear tfer the . gullyl into the city of Sntiagd dejiCuba. Every five minutes the shejls -tient roaring1; oVer the hill side. WbAti! destruction! t4iey wrought it was imtkfeslble toltelli aa, the bluffs? bid everything. lH U -4 r - IP ii -A !In- reply; toGeneral TJfuffield'js quesil taon:, "What Is th news? Admiral Sampson i tplied , ! Thereil is not a Spaniard ieft in the. I rifle pits.'f : Later General IDiuffield signaled tlaat his scotits thought reinforcements ' were: marching to the battered old fort and: Admiral '.Sampson n iwig wagged him:! mere is ;no Spaniard left there, ir i?ny come, k.i Y St j' JT : ,it !4J ,- . . " i the Glotfcestr ; will itak? A little IateT the, regon joined the" New Jcork the city o jirt seeding, 8-inch shells into SaPtfAgo. .his wag kept ORK up until :u ociocs p in. uy , u ai time General Duffleld had sent ames age saying hia troops ould not cross the stream and ; would return to: Al tares: On,,, the report that ?brhe; Spanish i roops Were still In the gTilly" the Ngw York ancE the 1 Qoucestiejr j helled it nce" mord. and j the ! Newark,!' which!, had iiiot i fired, I sigTijalfd.' 1 "'CMri I fire r for target practice? r Have had no pi-evi pus opportunity.' Permission for ,her to :do s Was sletiald itid ! sh Warf away, shootlngrwell, her -fnch shells exploding with remarkable force among the rocks. At 2:40 o'clock m. Admiral, samp- port hoisted tryr signal to cease firing an d the flagship returned . A ' to the block ading station.; i On the railroad a train load f troops had already left for AUares OITR LOSSES ARE jlEAVY (Copyright by Associated Press.) Sibony; j Province, ofj Santiago de Cuba, July 1, 8 ; p. m., xia Playa del Este , (delayed j in transmission.) At this hour the fighting still, continues. The entire, reserves of .the .American army have been ordered to the front at once, apparently with thje intention of forcing our way into Santiago de Cuba. The! troops have advanced near ly ' to the city Ibut th fortifications are very strong, f Our losses tare heavy. An officer, from the field estimates' our killed and wounded at 1,000' men. Shells, - supposedly, frcm'- tjie Spanish fleet, did heavy execution .mong our troops.- During k lull :n the fightipfe, an j inipr4ssfvej ! coinciaent; occurred The'Twenityfirst infantry was out' in front and i suffering lossj from : the Spanish fire, but the men pang "The Star Spangled H Banner," . even jthe wounded joining m itnei i singing. A GLORIOUS VICTORY 1 DEARLY PURCHASED. i , New Yorki, July A.1 copyright disf patch to Thej Evening W6rld dated 'In the field two miles from Santial p-n ..hi v lef 'ni 'Qnri ioh urt ft-, om Playi del Este, says: San Juan Heights havel fallen, arid the way is n6w opened jf or an advance. on Mprro castle. It was ja. glorious victory, but very dearly purchased The place was the strongest Span- iu imiyosi, wen. lurujicu a.iiu van antly defended. t The pjdsitiqn was an exceuent one. san juan nni is steep, and an artillery battery jwjts located on it. It was also occi pied by bar Wa i 1 I i ' :a i. 9 t IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE? DAY. Germany, France and Russia Congress after theWar is' Over Philippine Islands. , ; i ,: Vj-j.'-: .. j ; i Pennsylvania ins the Varsity Boat Race. a: o s i Rennrt i savs ' Pandft'e Trnnns r i . i . i; ! '1 , i s. . r-r r - Manzanillo. . The Cadiz Fleet is Coaling On Trtf Sfiifl. ; OntvCfilHoi Tific rr nrlifi1 117 i - 11 ! ii - , t A Member of the Second 5 Arrested on the Charge of Having 1 - O Friday's. Battle Before Santiago1 yas Stubbornly Fought. The Americans j Attacked ail along O Out of Their ' Fortifications Back i o Heavy Geheral Shafter Calls for More ties.' The War Department Had no Nerws of Yesterday's Events at Santiago; Except that the Battle Had Been Renewed. . i if . I Our Loss at Santiago was Extremely Heavy, but we ! Drove S ' the' Spajiish From Their Fortifications, i ' ' A d tt fl3 , inevBuwanee foes aomerine 1 a Spanish Fort. A:. - I..." 4 racks ana other bUildinesr-rBut the American troopsi tohled the heights I and Spanish valor-had,. to yield -to the bull dog tenacity.and icOuf age ; of the Anglo-Saxon. A I ' write our troops ar swarm- ing up ! the ' hill and covering it 1 like ants. . Th e?' Spaniards are demoralized. The fighting has been of, the hardest kind and t-our troops haVev , suffered l severely, but the eneniys works are in their hands,; and they do not count their cost. El Caney isj also ours.. The general advance, which began at 3 o'clock p.- hi.; i has beenj successful all along the line. sAlA' l,,rTrT:TNv-! After driving the enemyv out of El the troops took possession of Caney, the j village and destroyed i the Span ish fort by jWhich it had been defend ed. The Spaniards fled ' into the city of Santiago, whre they are now. The flosses j on both sides were i heavy. A bursting Spanish shell almost annihi lated an entire ' company of our troops. BARBED WIRE FENCES. : ; I A 1 (Copyright by Associated Press.) I Siboney, Province of Santiago de 'Cuba, July. 1, 2 p. m., via Playa del Este (delayed . In transmission.) At this hour, 9 p.; m.f the fighting has practically stopped. It will be resumed in the f morning Our troops have gain- ed several breastworks. They enf counterea a barbed i wire fence ght feet! higbj , ATTACK BY LAND AND SEAL (Gopyrighti by Associated Press.) y Juragua, '.Fridayi July 1, ; Noon, ; vM Guantanamp, delayed in transmission. ine , rorward- movement of .the American troops J . on ij Santiago-was started at daylight when there was si. general movement all along the line. The order of battle was the First and Tenth cavalry- the -Th rd, ; the Sixth and' Twenty-first infantry, one squad ron of ,the Ninth cavalry under Gen eral Lalwton, with th rough-riders,, massed onj the left. The plateau was held by fsilr ; bieces of artillery and siege guns. A movement toward San-f tiago frcim 1 the ; northeast- was mad4 with the7 intention of clearing ithe val ley for a 'general engagemeht later. The telegraph line is I following upUhd advance in jfine style. ;h jj 1 : I ii ! While the! troops were! making theil aavance : tne. ;xewport, Suwanee an the Gloucester ran close into, Augui aores . and knocked the"! Spanish ,for to pieces. -I fie fort, large utoh structure, j ana the flrrpunding wall vi uistooa -.tee Dombarciment for ' ev. an. ; "our, i Dut aj ; sneii -. finally tprcf .(Continued on Foiirih Page.)- !.;:V: - j im : Si 6a Ramor That Tbc Have Ikm Or- deredBack to' .Tfa-xzAnillo Another hat Tlaey are in aatlaso. '. 1 1 . : f iHcbopyright by Associated- Press.) Alontegb fcay, Island! of.' Jatnaica;, tifailmig?lonj ,A Cuban, messenger Fjlday fuly 1. 10:30 pi in. (Delayed In from the insurgents mean Manzaaillo, picoyince ; i . ! . i. of! Santiago devCubaj who landed near: here today from a: sail, boat, brought, the Intelligence:! that the! Spanish troops numbering: about j 8,000 men which left Manzanillo on. June call- 23rd to march to1 Santiago were back by General Pando. It appears, that when the army had reached the yifcinityi of Bayamoj General ,l?ando was not w.ith the troops as had i been reported. He was and is In Havana, j frhe relieving army, the Cuban says was inot 'supplied yith food and thej roads are almost implassible and ihe artillery could not be dragged! along! them. Thus, getting to Santiagjo , in; time, to! succor the l garrison there ap peared to be impossible, hence the rei call of the troops. iV :i!: V ' i New jYork, . July 2. A special dis patch from Playa del Este to The Evf ening World quotes General Garcia a authority for the statement that Gen prhl Pan do has enterail Santiago witl qMQ soldier, reinforicing General i Lin ares, . r H':U ; . H,u- . General Pando left Manzanillo on jurje zzuu. w itn e,uuv or juibu auu ai large train of provisions anaammuH riition. j General Shafter. sent 2,000 Cuhiansj back to Aceraderos '-op. the ifan snorts tn the .west of Santiago ' tb head off Pando,' hut I they evidently iaiiea u accouipiisti iuai. e uuj v i l i I ; . ' K A ia le oil v Vote on Ewart's Noinluatlon j Washington,, July i-'g.-Tlie;;. senate coinmittee on judiciary voted juon this nomination Vf Hamilton G. Ewart for district ! judgie of North Caroliriaj.today. Tfhj? vote jwasxa tie. One membjer was absent,'; whoj is .expected to decide the matter : nexti Wednesday. It is not wn how he w;il vote. M f t i : ,! ! Decide to Call an International to Settle1 th0 Ownership of the - 1 i! i j 1 1 I ''ivr Been Ordered Back to avei side of Egyptian Waters: off" i i . . ; n Reaiment from I Bertie Countv is Murdered His Wife Last 3Iay the S Line and Drove the EneniV Upon the City. Our Loss Was 1 Surgeons and Hospital Facil- ' 1; target practice attne ij'iag on n THfe CADIZ FLEET Coallns Oflriort Said) Two of the Jve a Av : ; ela!Enter tlle Canal. L ndon, July 2. Lloyd's Por t ' Said, telegraphing at Ai , i ; : I. ! - ' agen 4:20ljo: I tbjliiy, says the Spanish fleet X ,1 jchored outside Egyptian is engaged iii coaling. , .waters? and :'!:.:',!!: Suez, : July 2. The Spanish I cblllr which entered the i canal yesteTda-y ;ari ivea i nerci at & o ciocut jiouay, - i . ; Tie Vessels referred to are !t!he ' Colon ind Covadonga, whose !; e.ntry intoj the Suez canal jwas cabled jt . tr.jp Associated Press from Port Said lasit evening. 4 AA A- i Is ! .!:: A j . iWashington, July 2. The following bulletin; was posted; at the state' de partment in ) regard to Admiral Cama ra'sJfleet ths afternoon: i. il A I "Spanish ships Colon and- Corodoa ga entered the Suez canal yesterday. Rest, with exception of - one, repairing, eft (thei ' harbor, coaling fromfi fheir transports. ; , : - i! ! ; . -i - ;!j I Ml (Signed.) ! ' : A: 'VvTTU ) Wattsj the! senderTbf this telegajti is! the deputy consul ; of Cairo, jvh.oh4 been. at Port Said for several days ob serving the bperations o the Spanish ifleetjr The two ships reported ;as Jiavt- 1 "J 1 1 S i A f T 1 ' J. -S i- I ing -entered the canal 'are not of much I litipvfi Lojite a .. figuuug iiia-times ana are not calculated to cause! any spe-i-cial j trouble to Admiral Dewey! or to m'akj any chaflgein! the existing ijohl ditioh of affairs at Manila. -Trie! OjSlqtt is troopsmp. 'ine; corondonga Is a collier and also has ; troops aboard. 1 Camp Kassell Notea (Special to The Messenger.) Rajeih, ;Nl C, July ALieuterlaiit Deal, of the N an tahala company. Second regiment left tonight 'u&def; ori3ere?rom fGeneral! Brooked fojr u4 livans Islahitl to be taught heavy jf ar-! tilery drill. Privates Abell anBryaJa who have nfeningitis are better, ;yt, still jprfticallf sick. ! Private Murin, of Tpimingtpn.ihas a dangerohsieaseof jaundice.! Effort is. Jbeing made to gel him into the; city . hospital, ' .' i 'j r- f , i BeVenue Collector Duncan todayl a) pointed J. ; B Hbllaind divisionf 'deputy for B,Iaden aiid Harnett, headquarters! at iDunn, and W. HI Adams division'; deputy for Wake. J. B. Camnbeli Af Griftcn and Patrick; Massey, of.Smith-i, Ic4u arc apptiicieu special ceputies for I ninety nays, a Bock v. In OflScial Circles at ' situation at NO DEFINITE i NEW RECEIVED. t . i : : r His Lo Generl Shafter Cables That l ; " : Ii !--'. . 1 , i I kM'llVl"WTift m1 . a j ij Situation A Supposed J ! r ; X :; - i ! 1 pauisii -. Washington, July ,2. Owing to the many conflicting, reports of the looses of the American ! troops; in yesterday's engagement, it ,has been thought best by the war department officials j to make public, the text of General Shaf astldispatch re"ceivedthiiiwrtt- ter.s ing a 4 o'clock, i It Is'asjfolliiws: j ! Siibone. yiaaya del pste, j ' "Adjutant . General, Washington: ' "I fear I- havei underestimated to- j ay!S v casualties. A large and thor oughly equipped hospital, ship would' be sehthereat once to care for the wounded,! The chief surgeon says he has use for forty more niedical. offi cers. The ship must , bring a launch and boats for conveying th wounded. A. ;.i: I j; :f j j, iiAi? i JKK, v "M.ijor Generalf ! Commanding A Immediately upon- receiving General V ' ' I A . . -' x "'!-- t Shafter s telegram the surgeon ; general of the army called on Dr. Van Reypen, the xsurgeon general of ( the, navy, and the two held- a long consultation re " gairding i the course to? be aken; -'. For- tunately the ambulance ship Solace is ndfeW Vin ?the vicinity of General Shaf .ter's army ahd she . will be utilized for ; any emergerlcy cas"es which, may arise. While theAnayy i ship ; Solace ; is desig nated primarily j for the use! of! thel fleet,, she wilt; be put at the disposition of the army whenever that may be pecessary; 'anaV' j- the navy and army ships will be Njased interchangeably. The Solace is fully as well adapted for treating the wounded! as her sister sMp j of the ariiy and has accommo dations for several, hundred mn. The last heard - of the Solace she rwas at Guantanamo j ibayy a short j 4istanc from ithe -cable station frorn! which' the dispatches are erit. A" :Ll--!'1 ' flurried lpreparatiohs ' are! ; being .made by 'the iwfer. department Jtoi send. (to. General. Shafter the assistants -!in the i medical idepartment which he asked f or, ; to attend to the ji?eds iof the wounded as a result of yesterday's battleu4rrjtie . hospital ship iteiiet which, has been undergoing a- thorough oyer haulirig at New York . is about! ready, but owing to jslme delay wasX unable to get 'off at that time and Will -leave today. : - ! ' A A ' ' A - A H The Relief, hak been fitted out in van admirable manner : for the '; treatment of the sick an wounded and. every, comfort possibl will be provided for the unfortunates. There Is a surgeon in charge with-, a full corps of .compe itenv assiBLiiiiLS ta.nu ; a, jomiJitt;ut!f 'uu.iut j for surgical ; wo tk, in, cases whpre- .th53 is, necessary. Ac qmmodation, for prob ably 500 persons have' been provided, and in addition there has been install ed in the ship' a carbonating. plant and an ice manuf aci uring apparatus whieh has facilities fb ; making-a great deal more than is ncededj aboard --ship. The surpliig? will' be i utilized in supplying . the hosiptjals ' as tiore, in the imnSldiate vicinity : of , the ship ; Of course, i the greater 'number of cases of -'slekness and wounds pri narfly will be treated in -the!' regimeiktal' and the division hospitals, while the relief will be util ized to , a : great extent in bringing back to ; the, Un: ted States -such cases of ! convalescents and the more serious cases of a sickr ess which it is felt should be broug it here for. treatment.! i ; . !A' DAT OF REAT NXIEfCT.S j; I This has .been, a day of almost un paralleled suspense and anxiety. From President : McKinley down through all' official Washington . everybody has been, under a tremendous strain. Tid ings f ro.m Shafter ' have .been eagerly awaited and momentarily ' expected, but save ja brief word on the extent of ; the loss yesterday, nothing came from him during the day concerning the ! progress Of the action atj Santiago. Just ;at the) jclose of thes day the 'first bit ! of - information corning : directly to officials reached the president and Secretary (Alger. It was a private dis patch, ; not-' : primarily intended for. .them, although it came through offi cial channels. Briefly and expressive ly it told the story of a day of terrific fighting. It. Was direct from the field of action and was as late at 4"o'clock p. m. It stated that the engagement had ;been i irx progress I throughout to day; that ,the dead and wounded were being carried to the rear, and that the American-losses were heavy; The "ex act wording of the dispatch was not m?de known,but one of! the high, offi cials' whd.'readit said that it convey ed to him! the idea of extreme tensieu and of a battle irrN which all the fierc est elements of warfare prevailed. ,T : ! until this came the officials were positively without a wordas t er the engAgementbetmT yesterday was icontinufeditoday. TheV could only speculate, some taking theNriew that the assault yesterday had been follojv- ed today-by a ! storming f the city itself, others maintaining that Shaf fer's; troops, ' spent with A the j terrible strain7 of yesterday, had paused long enough to clear 'the field of the 'dead and I wounded. ! It was only by this brief; private message, ?which, jinder ordinary icircumstahces. wpuld haye received little? attention, that the pres tdent and j ) his ! advisers -. were made aware that thje battle was still in prog ress and sti$ without definite issue. As it-wasj this few words relieved the ' First, Supposed An Urgency Call for ! Surgeons.- and JIosp 1 '' !j : V :V' :'! .;';....'-!. ::. ,i A ' ' ' '' I' ' ""' 'i . ' I -j I Ci.nnlioc An l'nrtffi.M':ill Tlpnat.'lr IntlmnlilKf n ArXr:l gton .over the Santiago. i sses on Friday were Greater Thau at F i ' L (!'.--.!... . . A I. . f .... tal m a-.a . a a a la -' ' a a ii Oise !of Yellow Fever on , Was uin AVatsoRiSiFlcet tO'Sail for the v.uasi. were far less hopeful in their-v That a battle was still raglng maiit thai our men were parsing through fearful I ordeal, having ! belon' in actloa nowj practically for thlrtyvslx Th.e ; mere fact that the dispatch; hot chronicle, a decisive advantage byj- the American forces, was bonstruhl hy, jjntn nffirinli ' na ! rtrrtinnviM ' i :i ' ' -' ' ' ' 3 Secretary Long! said at.j'Vht Secretary Long said at! the elope pfx office hours thiit nothing had i cotho from Admital Sumpsoo, and iin rdr JSigur theiecretary i of the; navy dig-. as ! trroundless the rumor ; that wtird had' reached hihl ! th4t Morro. castle had been demolislied by ' thev American squadron. Gnerai Miles wasi j similarly without advice. At S jo'efock I he joined Seretiiry Alger Ja the' jatfe-r's office and thei two confer-" jred fora long time on thelmifitary sK- uatioh. j Neither thfe -.secretary ndr the commanding general Underestimate the igreat task before tifie , American army, with an eneiiny. wejl,; ntrnchjedi in front tof them; with 4:drvera;H gujh. pouring shot-and shell into lour.' lines and with; the possibility that Spanij-fh! reinforcements have now!, swelled tjh.o" ranks oi the enemy until. . they . are. greater than the combineid fortvs Un der the American military commander. But all that th government in Washington can do I? beilng done and aonej quicKiy. ,u he great issue rernaina for General Shafter and his -forces tor Work outi a conclusion. Nil is! alKtariyi m tne day for a large additional force 0i medical ( onicers ? was j qulckiy-re-sponded to! ! The rh6spital ship Jtelief which left New York today wjxs -Hvien Orders before sailing to top iqnT. lerj i way 'south at Fort Monrojf?. w iere the extra. force of surgeons wflV.bdardj hpr She will reach! Fort, ALonr6e"tbmorro!w, aim iane .on. Doara . ipe physicians im jmediatelyi and! thenTproceed jhur edly to the.aid of the wounded ter's j; command. ( " undjpr ShAf- Surgeon General Sternberg, of arn4y. was1 unable! to rnakejrrahge-;meht8-todaV. for' all the medical -as---sistah.ee which General Shatter asked, 'for!; ; After. .considerable Uiabor, he got ; !physiclans, and these, 'ijththe sur together -a. force of probably, a dozen? 'geons already abodrd thej vesseli will ' approximate i f about j twenty in all. " These General Sternberg i hopel) will Tbe i enough to Supply the: prqssiijig warts of the army." The Relief ihould reach ; ! Santiago in four or five. days. Ulf ad ditional physicians , are .jneeded they 1 will be sent,y General' Sternberg, nays, . on ,Athe cruiser Tale, wbjcfi its sche duleil to leave Norfolk abut the mid-; idle of r next week with a large detaqh-' ment :of General Garretson's brigade . Nas reinforcements to ;Shajfter.' ( f j i -i Surgeon ? General Sternberg! left here i A -this evening for Fort Monroe, whre- . no win make a personal insneetlqn pf - the Relief before she starts on -hertfip tt Santiago. '; . r 'V'l; A ' : ' NSATI0NAL. RUMORS :NTEp: ; " l. I'i During the af terho;6n - a. selnsauortal i rumor gained - currenby fthat 'radical . changes in the . plans for the occupa tion of Cuba were likely to be, adopt ed by President McKinley. ; It can txs skid upon! the highest authority,: ho ' " ever; that I nothing t of th4 kind - is In contemplation. ' V'n"i;: ". K v;f !;'. t ..j' y; -. i TELLX)W FEVER SAT- KJvWEST. : ' ' I j i it - ,i - V:: i, " i , ' j . i 4 ' ' , ! Word reaches the marine I hospital service i today that a suspicious case, pbssibly of yellow fever, had develqp- t ed at the navy hospital. at. -Key .-West, the patient- being, e. sailor from the ! auxiliary ship Tanked jVTheacts 'ra- ! reported to the nayyf dprthient ad ,ah inquiry ,.war atonc instituted hy, ii ..toe'-'surgeon- generaji lf;; thje ! navy... tie h I isj n6t j apprehensive on ; the. subject, ja ' the latest: reports from i jthehospitair shof n evidences of .yelloisv fever, I and :A it is. probable' that the case is nothing; more . .than one having suspiciouav symptoms.-'; -. '.a '. . . A . I .WATpON TO ; SAIL; FOR;:pPINi ' V: ' : Secretary ;Ing':sjt'i,ted. onlght that hq change had been ! rnkde! lri the !n,a-! vat programme. Commodore Watson's fleet; he said, would I sail for Spain 1in ' a' 'few days, . even s'hould: . Cama'K.' , squadron return to that country. ! f' ' ! : j-.. - It is but natural that Augusti should ' feel somewhat;, backward;! about sur rendering to, a man onwhose head he, placed a price.. -. K j':- M.Y 'J '; -v: .1 1 ' . I L I .1 II.. V . v - ; ' - Taa ftayal ia tae aigaaat vtohmkimQ ( J fcaowa. Actaaf testa aaow t gaaai tUrtf fartfter tkaa may etWbrMtf. Aosoiuw Pure KOVM. UKMQ fCWOt OOu, hCi VdMCr h.-' :-A::h '--A '-i " fiUAi: I'i 'I' Ihl- A 'u 4 :. !'j i m ; 'ii)''' -.'A "1 ;i" nx 1 .a m - . ' , ' i j ',:tii J. i A A y I suspense,, cut, not the anxiety: Others . ----.it; , , ! r-- i; U i "X - A:A.t: ! -.u : . J:'x;X; a j"JVj A', H: Wv-: li-AAA4:A -A:A;;; - .it - f 'HAM lift Ml : '-Ai ' - -Hi "K i I. A AAa- i . 1-- 9ilA -A- f
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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July 3, 1898, edition 1
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